the organ of hearing and balance

headphones; earphones; earpiece

Turkey; a country spanning Europe and Asia

earring; an ornament worn on the earlobe

a slap on the face or a box on the ears; used with [[打|打|da3]] to mean to slap someone

beside the ears or close to one's head

Literally "to wash one's ears and listen respectfully"; used as a polite expression to show one is paying close attention or as an invitation for someone else to speak.

an edible tree fungus that is dark brown and shaped like an ear; also called [[黑木耳|黑木耳|hei1 mu4 er3]]

bushel; a unit of dry measure equal to eight gallons

to sound familiar; to have heard something many times before

to experience a pleasant change of atmosphere; to find everything refreshing or to have a completely new impression of something seen or heard

ear-piercing; jarring; strident; describes sounds that are sharp, loud, or noisy and cause physical discomfort

A type of edible white fungus used in Chinese medicine and cooking; also called [[白木耳|白木耳|bai2 mu4 er3]].

the wood ear or jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae), an edible fungus that grows on decaying trees and is widely used in Chinese cuisine

a person who spies for someone else; a snoop or informant

(idiom) heard so often that one can repeat it in detail; very familiar

(of a sound) to ring incessantly; to linger in the ear; to continue without stopping

sweet-sounding or beautiful; refers to sounds or speech that make the listener feel happy

to lean toward someone's ear and speak in a low voice

tinnitus; ringing or buzzing in the ears, often caused by fatigue or issues with the hearing or nervous systems

to hear something personally or firsthand; to hear of or hear about

to be deaf; having severely impaired or lost hearing; deafness

a plug of soft material inserted into the ear to block water or noise

(idiom) ear-splittingly loud; a sound so intense that it seems as if it will make one's ears go deaf

agreeable to the ear; pleasant to listen to

The root of the outer ear, where it connects to the head; the earlobe area.

to have a face flushed with anger, excitement, or embarrassment

Germanic (referring to the branch of Indo-European languages or the ancient tribes of Northern Europe)

the soft, fleshy lower part of the outer ear

To tilt one's head or turn one's ear toward a sound to listen attentively or listen in secret; to pay close attention to something being said.

(idiom) to fool people by covering up the truth or putting up a false front; to pull the wool over people's eyes

Robert Boyle (1627-1691), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist

the branch of medicine that focuses on the ears, nose, and throat; an ENT department in a hospital

inflammation of the middle ear; middle ear infection; tympanitis

a Turk; a person from [[土耳其|土耳其|tu3 er3 qi2]]

Malta; an island country in the Mediterranean Sea

eardrum; tympanic membrane

(metaphor) something heard but immediately ignored; in one ear and out the other. Also written [[耳旁风|耳旁風|er3 pang2 feng1]].

to deafen the ears; used to describe a sound that is extremely loud or jarring

To be naturally influenced by what one frequently sees and hears over a long period of time

earwax; cerumen; colloquially known as [[耳垢|耳垢|er3 gou4]] or the formal [[耵聍|耵聹|ding1 ning2]]

to block one's ears and not listen; used as an idiom to describe intentionally ignoring someone's advice or showing total indifference to a situation

A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done by a force of one [[牛顿|牛頓|niu2 dun4]] moving an object one meter; named after the British physicist James Prescott Joule.

to whisper to each other's ears; to talk privately in each other's ears with heads close together

The innermost part of the ear responsible for hearing and balance; it includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea.

The part of the ear between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains three small bones used to transmit sound

around or near one's ears; just by one's ears

literally meaning to cover one's ears while stealing a bell; describes someone who tries to deceive themselves or thinks they can trick others when the truth is obvious to everyone.